Warfare
Facts
Important People
Vocabulary
Union and Confeds
100
Why was the minie ball so deadly?
The Minié ball, when fired from a rifled musket, spun faster and traveled further than previous round balls, making it significantly more accurate and lethal at longer distances.
The flattening and distortion of the Minié ball, coupled with its high speed, caused severe tissue damage and bone fractures.
100
What was the number one cause of death during the Civil War?
What is DISEASE
100
How did Clara Barton change the role of women during the Civil War?
pioneering the idea of women working on the battlefield, providing medical care and supplies, and ultimately paving the way for their formal recognition in nursing and related humanitarian efforts
100
Name of the ships that were reinforced and were more resistant to cannonball fire, had greater durability, were faster, and stealthier
Ironclad
100
Which side was the Union and which side was the Confederacy?
North -Union
South- Confederacy
200
Where were most of the Civil battles fought?
The majority of Civil War battles were fought in Virginia and Tennessee
200
Why couldn’t African Americans make money as sharecroppers?
African Americans struggled to make money as sharecroppers due to a combination of factors including debt, lack of access to credit and resources, and exploitative practices by landlords and merchants.
200
What did Ida B. Wells fight against?
Lynching, racial discrimination, and for the right to vote for women.
200
What was the time period after the Civil War called?
Reconstruction
200
What did the Union do to try and make sure the Confederacy could not get guns or supplies?
a naval blockade of Southern ports. This strategy, known as the "Anaconda Plan", aimed to strangle the Confederate economy and restrict its access to crucial resources and trade.
300
Confederates were on the defense the second half of the war, what war tactic did they use for defense in battle
Trench warfare
300
Why did so many prisoners die in Civil War prisoner of war camps?
disease, malnutrition, and harsh living conditions
300
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
300
Besides ironclads, guns, or bullets, what was one piece of technology that helped the Union win the Civil War?
Telegraph
Railroad
Aerial Reconnisance- balloons
300
which side seceded from the which
the south formerly seceded from the north (Union) forming the Confederacy
400
The term KIA killed in action refers to....
soldiers killed in combat
400
Battle injuries were brutal which often led to ______________, the complete removal of a limb.
Amputation
400
What are POWs
Prisoner's of War
400
What message is the artist trying to convey?
It is hypocritical, they are giving African Americans a reading test but they can't read the sign.
400
The Union and Confederate armies struggled to maintain ____________ standards. The lack of clean drinking water and proper waste disposal aggravated the situation.
What is hygiene
500
The battle of Gettysburg was one of the deadliest because....
Mass casualities because of better armed opponents, cannons, gunfire, hand to hand combat
500
Some soldiers were ___________, meaning they were promised not to fight again in exchange for their release.
What is Paroled
500
Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests were given to what group of people as a barrier to Voting?
African Americans
500
What inference can you make from these graphs?
The North should have easily won the war.
500
What impact did the Civil War have on the US? (be specific)
resolved the question of secession, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and ultimately led to the rise of the United States as a world power